[Unknown Freeper]

The woman says her disability is the regult of her mother having taken Thalidomide when her mother was pregnant.

[MississippiMan]

These thoughts are not aimed at Unknown Freeper.

Some of the comments in this thread are coarse to the point of being sickening. When anti-lawsuit "principles" are so rigid that they brook no allowance for common sense and decency, they're not one bit different from nonsensical liberal positions that are defended no matter what.

If the Air France employee really said such a thing, they should have long since been fired.

MM

[passionfruit]

I haven't read all of the responses yet, but she should have filed suit immediately after the incident. I thought with moost torts, you had to file within 1-2 years.

I read the whole article. It says her mom took thalidomide to prevent leprosy?! I thought that was commonly given to expectent mums for nausea, before they realized it was causing birth defects.

[ArmyBratproud]

saying "a head, one bottom and a torso cannot possibly fly on its own."


why am I laughing

[Rightfootforward]

You know, I happen to know that there's at least one Freeper who only has one leg. This isn't a comment about being PC, it's about not being cruel. Are those of you who goofed on this subject sure that you want to insult one of your own?

[tophat9000]

Well we have got some really stupid people here today… first let me say as an amputee (just one arm thought.) Just because your too damm stupid to figurer out how to get about with out your limb(s)

Does not mean I or other are too your too damm stupid to figurer out how to get about with out our limb(s) particularly when these people have been doing it there whole lives

First the story does not state she ask the airline for any help or special accommodation … if she did the airline could decline to let her fly on the grounds that they didn’t have the extra help or special accommodation

But if didn’t ask and/or need any …

Note: it does not say if she had and aid with her or wore prosthetics or if she still had partial limbs (Common in Thalidomide I.E. the “flipper limbs”) because that is a big difference for abilities

But as some one who spent many hours at UCLA medical center prosthetics dept. as a kid where I was used as a "training model" for the prosthetics techs(I’m a very difficult prosthetics fit as I’m a very short “BE”…2in. below elbow… but I don’t wear one an I don’t need it)…. I seen just about ever variation on “limblessness” and quite frankly where there a will there a way… and if someone was that way at birth or young when it happen… you adapt to the point it becomes a not issue

PS… Several British WW2 fighter pilot fought in combat as amputee (with prosthetics) several were missing an arm and one (who was a Squadron leader and top ace) missing both legs (he had lost his legs prewar )

Bottom line... If they didn't ask for you help and didn't need there help and the airline just absolutely (u)assumed(/u) there needed there help...then...

[pointsal]

Nothing like being cultured and sensitive.
Way to go FROG airline.
Hope the lady cleans house or at least the company's bank account. Maybe John Dudwards will handle the litigation.